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Software Engineer, Customer Studio Backend

Builds backend systems for Customer Studio, optimizing data warehouse performance, real-time audience syncing, analytics, and AI-enhanced workflows for marketing teams. Requires strong distributed systems expertise and product-minded thinking.

About the job

Responsibilities

  • Optimize data warehouse performance, including query optimizations and pre-computed state storage.
  • Build analytics and experimentation features for audience segmentation and performance tracking.
  • Develop real-time audience computation and syncing using CDC technologies.
  • Integrate generative AI to enhance user workflows for data activation.

Requirements

  • Strong expertise in backend and distributed systems architecture, scalability, maintainability, and reliability.
  • Product-minded approach with experience writing and engaging with product specs.
  • Customer-first thinking and ability to dive deep into high-scale data challenges.

Compensation

  • Salary range: $180,000 - $320,000 USD per year (location independent).
  • Equity compensation via ISO options with early exercise and 10-year post-termination window.

Skills

Distributed Systems, Data Warehouses, SQL, Snowflake, Databricks, Query Optimization, Real-Time Data Processing, Cdc, Generative AI, System Architecture

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